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	Slide may refer to: In media Music Slide (album) Slide (album) *Slide* is the fifth album by Lisa Germano. It was released on 4AD in 1998.Her song "Wood Floors" was covered by William Hut on his album Road Star Doolittle.... , an album by Lisa Germano Slide (band) Slide (band) Slide was an United States rock band of the 1990s, known for an eclectic and enthusiastic sound influenced by New Orleans, Louisiana rhythm and blues, electronica, and quirky Psychedelic.... , American rock band of the 1990s Slide (song) Slide (song) "Slide " is a song by The Goo Goo Dolls. It was the first commercial single release from their sixth studio album, Dizzy Up the Girl.The song reached number one on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and number eight on the Hot 100 chart in 1998-1999.... , a single by the Goo Goo Dolls Slide (Slave song) Slide (Slave song) "Slide" was a hit song by R&B/funk band Slave in 1977. Released from their self-titled debut album, it reached number on the R&B charts in 1977 and peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.... , a song by R&B/funk band Slave Step Back/Slide Step Back/Slide After the success of the debut album release The Prize Recruit, Superheist decided to release a double a-side single featuring two of their popular-to-fan songs, "Step Back" and "Slide".... , a single by the band Superheist Slide, a song by Dido on the album No Angel No Angel *No Angel* is Dido 's debut album. Originally released in 1999, it found a mass audience in 2001, and according to her official web site it went on to achieve sales in excess of over fifteen million copies worldwide.... Musical instruments Slide (guitar technique) Slide (guitar technique) A slide is a legato guitar technique where the player sounds one note, and then moves their finger up or down the fretboard to another fret. If done properly, the other note should also sound.... , a guitar playing technique Slide guitar Slide guitar Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide is in reference to the sliding motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides, which were the necks of glass bottles.... , a method of playing guitar Slide (wind instrument) Slide (wind instrument) A slide is a part of a wind instrument consisting of two pieces of tubing fitted one closely inside the other, and used to vary the overall length of the tube, and therefore the pitch of the instrument.... , part of an instrument consisting of closely fitted pieces of tubing, used to vary the length of the tube, and therefore the pitch of the instrument Trombone Trombone The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass instrument family. Like all brass instruments, it is a lip-reed aerophone: sound is produced when the player?s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate.... , a musical instrument using a slide Slide whistle Slide whistle A slide whistle is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it. It thus has an air reed like some woodwinds, but varies the pitch with a slide .... , a musical instrument using a slide Fiction Slide, a fictional creature in the The Sword of Truth book series In psychology Slide (Thought control) Slide (Thought control) A slide is a term used by the author Fritz Springmeier to describe CIA thought control techniques, relating to the New World Order.In the wide sense, a slide comes from photography, where a projector casts the image of a slide onto a wall.... In sports and recreation Slide (baseball) Slide (baseball) In baseball, a slide is when a player, acting as a baserunner, drops his body to the ground once he is very close to a Baseball field#Specifications he is approaching.... , dropping to the ground when going into a base to avoid a tag Sliding tackle Sliding tackle A sliding tackle or slide tackle is a skill in football in which a player attempts to take the ball away from an opposing player by deliberately leaving their feet and sliding along the ground with one leg extended to push the ball away from the opposing player.... , a skill in soccer Slide (dance), a dance move giving the impression of gliding around effortlessly Playground slide Playground slide Playground slides are found in parks, schools, playgrounds and backyards. The slide may be flat, or half cylindrical or tubular to prevent falls.... , a smooth, sloped surface down which (usually) children slide while sitting down Water slide Water slide A water slide is a type of Playground slide or tube designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use, typically with water pumped to its top and allowed to flow down its surface, although some may simply be wet.... , a water sport Dark slide Dark slide Dark slide is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder slides on an obstacle with his board upside down.The dark slide was invented by Mark Gonzales in 1991.... , a skateboarding trick Technologies Slide (form), a type of electronics form factor Microscope slide Microscope slide A microscope slide was originally a 'slider' made of ivory or bone, containing specimens held between disks of transparent mica. These were popular in Victorian era England until the Royal Microscopical Society introduced the standardized microscope slide in the form of a thin sheet of glass used to hold objects for examination under a micro... , a thin glass sheet used to hold objects for examination Photographic slide or transparency, a translucent photograph used for projection by a slide projector Evacuation slide Evacuation slide An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly. An escape slide is required on all commercial aircraft where the door sill height is such that, in the event of an evacuation, passengers would be unable to "step down" from the door uninjured .... Slide rule Slide rule The slide rule, also known colloquially as a slipstick, is a mechanical analog computer. The slide rule is used primarily for multiplication and division , and also for "scientific" functions such as Nth roots, logarithms and trigonometry, but does not generally perform addition or subtraction.... , a simple analog calculator Slide (software) Slide (software) Slide is a 2D slope stability analysis program.External links... , software used for slope stability analysis Jakarta Slide Jakarta Slide Slide is an open-source content management system from the Jakarta Project project. It is written in Java and implements the WebDAV protocol. Slide is a set of APIs to implement the WebDAV client.... , Content Management System software Pistol slide Pistol slide The slide is the part on the majority of semi-automatic pistols that moves during the operating cycle and generally houses the firing pin or striker, extractor, and serves as the Bolt .... , the upper half of a pistol, containing the barrel Slide edit, a video editing Video editing The term video editing can refer to:* non-linear editing system, using computers with video editing software* linear video editing, using videotape... term for moving a clip around in a timeline Linear-motion bearing Other uses Landslide Landslide File:Guatemala landslide.jpgA landslide is a List of geological phenomena which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments.... , the movement of soil, mud or rock down a slope Slide (geography) Slide (geography) A Slide in physical geography is a term for the fixed or settled residue of a landslide that has stabilized, sometimes in the form of an alluvial fan. It has become a mostly permanent fixture to the landscape.... , fixed or settled residue of a landslide that has stabilized Slide.com Slide.com Slide, Inc., operator of the Slide.com website, is a Web 2.0 company founded by Max Levchin and based in San Francisco, California. Originally formed to make photo sharing software for social networking services such as MySpace, the company achieved its greatest success as the largest developer of third-party applications for Facebook.... , a photo-sharing website